Thursday, June 30, 2011

JULY VEGETABLE GARDEN TIPS

The carrot above was not grown in my Vegetable garden, but it was grown in my yard. I accidentally left some seed packets outside last year, which got blown all over our yard. Earlier this month I discovered this...a odd looking but better tasting carrot than what I've tried to grow in our garden before.

Now, it is not the season to plant carrots, but there's still a lot you can plant, and some that you might want to plant soon here in Texas (if you want to brave the heat, at least):

July is the month to plant pumpkins for Halloween jack-o-lanterns (yeah, wow...I gather a pumpkin takes a long time!).

The first week of July is the last chance to plant okra, luffa, peanuts, and, in south Texas, sweet potato slips--which are heat lovers and won't have time to mature if planted later.

You can find out what other herbs and vegetables you can plant this month in Texas or anywhere else in the United States HERE.